Cait's Amazing World of Stories

This is a blog where I will just write stories with individual installments, short stories, and whatever else I want because this is my blog and not yours.

[argumate]

she had the face of an angel, a snow angel though

[argumate]

he had a body you’d expect to fish out of the river

[argumate]

her voice reminded you of why you left her in the first place, as she patiently listed all the reasons why you left her in the first place.

[argumate]

he had a face you’d want to punch, not because there was anything wrong with the face itself, but just because it was his and he was a dick.

[argumate]

ironically after all this time spent rebelling against her upbringing she had turned out exactly like her mother: an adult woman.

[argumate]

it was an ordinary Tuesday when you walked into my office, feeling vaguely uneasy about the use of the second person perspective.

[scribbledwriting]

When you keep getting easily distracted while writing:

[love-me-a-good-prompt]

WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF: RUN / RAN

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “run” (or “ran”) in your writing? Try using these words instead:

sprint / sprinted

dash / dashed

dart / darted

bolt / bolted

race / raced

speed / sped

hurry / hurried

jog / jogged

bound / bounded

hustle / hustled

scurry / scurried

tear / tore

rush / rushed

charge / charged

barrel / barreled

zoom / zoomed

scuttle / scuttled

scamper / scampered

book it / booked it

leg it / legged it

[spiderrrling]

I am a(n):

⚪ Male

⚪ Female

🔘 Writer

Looking for

⚪ Boyfriend

⚪ Girlfriend

🔘 An incredibly specific word that I can't remember

[what-even-is-thiss]

*wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat*

WAIT IT’S CALLED A THROW PILLOW

[holorifle]

here is a super helpful website for this kinda thing!

the first result isn’t always the one you’re looking for but when you press enter it’ll give you a ton of words related to your query that’ll probably have what you’re wanting, or something better

here’s some examples:

[awesomecopper]

@maniacalmole

[writing-in-the-grave]

Hey y'all why are writers always cold?

[run-remi-run]

...why?

[writing-in-the-grave]

They're always surrounded by drafts!

How many mystery writers does it take to change a lightbulb?

[run-remi-run]

Oh god.

How many?

[writing-in-the-grave]

Two! One to change the bulb, and the other to give it an unexpected twist at the end!

What do writers have for breakfast?

[run-remi-run]

Coffee?

[writing-in-the-grave]

Synonym buns!

Where do all the struggling writers live?

[run-remi-run]

How are you coming up with all these?

Where?

[writing-in-the-grave]

Writer's Block!

What do writers suffer from each spring?

(I've heard a lot of them over the years.)

[run-remi-run]

Allergies. Next question.

[writing-in-the-grave]

you were close; A case of allegories

Why are writers always in great shape?

[run-remi-run]

Circular prose

[writing-in-the-grave]

Nope! It's because we're always running out of ideas!

Did you hear about the famous writer who turned out to be a fraud?

[run-remi-run]

I did not

[writing-in-the-grave]

His life had it's prose and cons...

Why is editing a better job than writing?

[run-remi-run]

It's more rewording?

[writing-in-the-grave]

Correct! I am out of jokes. :(

[highasfantasy]

I hate that I laughed at some of these 😂

[chidi-anagonye]

You know what would be SEXY????? If I could write again!!!!!!

[storytimewithcait]

My new goal as a writer is to write exclusively using classic Irish names and watch as my readers scramble to figure out how tf to pronounce names like Caoimhe, Aoife, and Niamh.

Have fun!

[silverbastardgoldenfool]

To everyone out there in a creative slump: you will make things again. You will feel inspired, excited and determined again. You will continue to live a creative life. This is temporary, I promise.

[prokopetz]

Writing tip #137: when writing long-form fiction, make sure your protagonist’s goal requires multiple steps to achieve. A sense of progress is important to avoid irritating the hell out of your audience; if whatever the protagonist is trying to do is something that could be accomplished immediately were it not for an endless series of sidetracks, obstacles and interruptions that coincidentally keep popping up just as they’re about to do it, you can only keep the clown parade going for so long before you hit your readers’ for-fuck’s-sake threshold – and it’s a lower threshold than you think!

[dollopheadedmerlin]

I have … a tip.

If you’re writing something that involves an aspect of life that you have not experienced, you obviously have to do research on it. You have to find other examples of it in order to accurately incorporate it into your story realistically.

But don’t just look at professional write ups. Don’t stop at wikepedia or webMD. Look up first person accounts.

I wrote a fic once where a character has frequent seizures. Naturally, I was all over the wikipedia page for seizures, the related pages, other medical websites, etc.

But I also looked at Yahoo asks where people where asking more obscure questions, sometimes asked by people who were experiencing seizures, sometimes answered by people who have had seizures.

I looked to YouTube. Found a few individual videos of people detailing how their seizures usually played out. So found a few channels that were mostly dedicated to displaying the daily habits of someone who was epileptic.

I looked at blogs and articles written by people who have had seizures regularly for as long as they can remember. But I also read the frantic posts from people who were newly diagnosed or had only had one and were worried about another.

When I wrote that fic, I got a comment from someone saying that I had touched upon aspects of movement disorders that they had never seen portrayed in media and that they had found representation in my art that they just never had before. And I think it’s because of the details. The little things.

The wiki page for seizures tells you the technicalities of it all, the terminology. It tells you what can cause them and what the symptoms are. It tells you how to deal with them, how to prevent them.

But it doesn’t tell you how some people with seizures are wary of holding sharp objects or hot liquids. It doesn’t tell you how epileptics feel when they’ve just found out that they’re prone to fits. It doesn’t tell you how their friends and family react to the news.

This applies to any and all writing. And any and all subjects. Disabilities. Sexualities. Ethnicities. Cultures. Professions. Hobbies. Traumas. If you haven’t experienced something first hand, talk to people that have. Listen to people that have. Don’t stop at the scholarly sources. They don’t always have all that you need.

[tlbodine]

100% this.

[writing-prompt-s]

Tattooing yourself with the ashes of the deceased allows you to inherit their strengths, abilities and memories.

[awed-frog]

This is both amazing and profoundly irritating - the exact writing equivalent of that thing artists do - you know, how they’ll mess up anything that’s on expensive paper and planned in every single detail but get them doodling during a boring lesson and suddenly they’re Michel-bloody-angelo.

[storytimewithcait]

Big mood. My texts to be funny are better than my own novels.

[ms-mazarin]

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased

[writing-reigns-deactivated20200]

reblog to save a writer 

[whispersandwhiskerburn]

Reblog because the titles for each category are comedy gold.

[fierceawakening]

Most of the time, said is fine.

But this is the funniest shit ever.

[soiknowwhentoduck]

Useful, and also hilarious

[storytimewithcait]

In case you ever wondered, undiagnosed chronic illness is the worst. I just woke up nauseous, with my legs aching severely and a cold coming on. I’ve already missed 2/4 days of class this week, so today makes 3/4... i have attendance and progress minimums to take my national test...

I want to curl up and die because half my joints hurt, and now all the glands in my neck are swollen so I can’t move my head much, and the only things that help the pain, also increase discomfort levels.

Pro:

I use a heated blanket to help keep my joints from getting too cold and stiff.

Con: I overheat very easily, so I have to decide between pain and sweat.

Pro: I have a heater in my room to keep it from getting too cold and causing me pain.

Con: I cannot have heater and heater blanket on at same time, so pain is still inevitable.

Pro: I drink lots I water to keep my body hydrated, so I don’t get as sick.

Con: I am constantly getting in and out of bed, or up from my recliner to pee, and it’s very very cold in my bathroom.

Pro: I am eating healthier, so I can get the vitamins and minerals my body needs to fight off colds and not to destroy itself.

Cons: I climb up and down my stairs to eat the good food, and my knees fucking hurt.

Pros: I have a loving fiancé who takes care of me when I have bad/sick days

Cons: He has to go to work, because we have bills and we’re adults.

[storytimewithcait]

I’m so glad I have a blog dedicated to writing alone. It’s almost a diary, if I’m being honest. I’m just happy I have an outlet.

I’ve been working on making my everyday social media presence much much smaller. I’ve realized how toxic it has become to me, and how toxic my own posts and comments have become to others. So, I’ve temporarily deactivated my Facebook, and have just made my Instagram a little more positive, with just selfies and small updates on myself.

I guess I can be accessed here and Instagram. I want to keep my blogs as positive as possible, but to be honest, questioning my physical and mental health. 

I have a general idea as to what MAY be going on with me, but self diagnosis is not healthy. Because you could be wrong. You could falsely treat your diagnosis. 

I’m working on gaining the confidence to call a new doctor, schedule an appointment, and then go to said appointment and talk with new doctor. It’s nerve racking, since my last doctor was a serious jerk and didn’t listen to me and only wanted to focus on my weight loss goals, rather than my other health problems. Like??? This is why people have body image issues?

[metal-queer-solid]

This is by far the greatest thing I’ve found in a junkyard.

So about a year ago me and my friend Nathan were walking around the “Pick-a-Part” in Clarksville Tennessee… We were searching for car badges and a spoiler to put on his trashy conversion van. While going through the lot we found what is probably the single greatest car to ever drive on any road in the world.

You are looking at… a Dora the Explorer themed gangster car… I’ve seen spongebob themed cars, Newport themed cars, sports team themed cars, but THIS.

trumps them all.

OH BUT IT GETS SO MUCH BETTER!!!!

You see… there has to be a reason that a car like this…

Would end up in the junkyard… SO me and Nathan did some looking around and tried to figure out why…

I still can’t believe the decals on this…. wait…

HOLD ON ONE FUCKING SECOND!

OH!

OH MY FUCKING GOD!

YES! SOMEONE ACTUALLY GOT SHOT WHILE DRIVING THEIR DORA THE EXPLORER CAR IN CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE!

And THAT, is the single greatest thing I’ve found in a junkyard to this day.

[vracious]

okay this is totally wild but i RECOGNIZE THIS CAR

and i actually have a picture of it from its functioning days - this is dated 2012 -

parked in front of an adult store!

[jewishprincess-deactivated20220]

Dark tumblr show me the history of this car

[majesty-intensifies]

Show me the forbidden Carfax

[storytimewithcait]

August 2, 2018

They say that the longer you stay clean.. The easier it gets to resist temptation.

Society, I call your bluff. I’ve never wanted to relapse more in my entire life.